The International Catholic Migration Commission
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
Malaysia   Malaysia ICMC co-organizes two-day anti-human trafficking workshopKOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA, 25 June 2009 (Daily Express) — The existing shelter in Sabah for victims of human trafficking is grossly inadequate in many aspects, according to an evaluation Wednesday by one participating group at a Strategic Planning Workshop to facilitate the setting up of an anti human-trafficking committee.Read more Malaysia ICMC contributes to opening of Sabah safe house for victims of human trafficking, abuseKOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA, 24 June 2009 (The Star) — A new safe house for foreign women who are victims human trafficking and domestic abuse will be set up in Sabah, following the establishment of an anti-human trafficking monitoring committee, organised by the Church.Read more ICMC South East Asia ICMC, partners, raise awareness of human trafficking in SE AsiaKOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA, 19 February 2009 (The Daily Express) — A field assessment by the Indonesian Ministry of Women's Empowerment in 2003 reported that there were 5,000 Indonesian women and girls forced into prostitution in Sabah alone.Read more Malaysia Establishment of national anti-trafficking council supported by ICMCKOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA, 18 February 2009 (The Daily Express) — Malaysia looks to form a National Anti-Trafficking Council to curb trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, between the country and its neighbours.Read more Combating gender-based violence among Burmese refugeees in MalaysiaThe Combating Gender Based Violence among Burmese refugees in Malaysia aims to reduce violence against Burmese refugee women in Malaysia and to fulfil their rights to safety and well-being.Read more Protection of and assistance to Indonesian women and girls trafficked to SabahTrafficking in women and girls from Eastern Indonesia for commercial sexual exploitation in Eastern Malaysia and other Indonesian destinations is widespread, with an estimated 5,000 Indonesian women forced into prostitution in the Malaysian state of Sabah alone. ICMC works to reduce the number of women and girls who fall victim to trafficking by raising awareness of the safe migration practices, debt bondage and common human trafficking schemes, and by strengthening the capacity of local NGOs.  |
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